Dương Văn Minh (About this sound listen) (16 February 1916 – 6 August 2001) popularly known as Big Minh was a Vietnamese general and politician. He was a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the presidency of Ngô Đình Diệm. In 1963 he became president of the Republic after leading a coup in which Diệm was assassinated.
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active years end date
1964-01-30, 1975-04-30
active years start date
1963-11-02, 1975-04-28
birth date
1916-02-16
birth place
French Indochina, Cochinchina, Vietnam, M%E1%BB%B9_Tho_Province
death date
2001-08-06
death place
California, Pasadena California
order in office
President of the Republic of Vietnam
successor
Nguyễn Khánh, Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, Huỳnh Tấn Phát
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